Means for applying stamps or labels.



Patented July 1, 1913.

A. 5; H. THUN. MEANS FOR APPLYING STAMPS 0B. LABELS. APPLICATIONFILED-D3019, 1911. I 1,066,342.

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MEANS FOR APPLYING STAMPS 0R LABELS.

To all whom 2'15 may concern Be it known that we, ALFRED TI-IUN andHERMANN THUN, subyects of the Emperor of Germany, residing atGevelsberg' and Ludwigshafen, respectively, Germany, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Means for Applying Stamps orLabels, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawing.

The present invention relates to means for applying stamps or labels,and is an improvement on the device shown in our application Serial No.566,218, filed June 10th, 1910, inasmuch as it is a modification of thelatter embodying improvements in the construction and in its operation.

The principal object of the invention is to improve and simplify devicesof this character.

A second object of the invention is to provide an improved means forgripping the strip.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists ingeneral of certain novel details of construction and combination ofparts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, and specifically claimed.

In the accompanying drawings which form part of thisspecification:Figure 1 shows the conveying device in its first position(before starting) showing the gripping device open. Fig. 2 shows thegripping device in closed position, after the strip has been bent andpushed backward.

By turning the crank shaft 31 the cama will push the lever Z) against atension spring (not shown), which lever is fastened to shaft 38 wherebylink 0 will pull the rod (Z upward in the groove 6 with the bolt f andthe tongue arms 71 and g. The gripper will press on the end of the stripwhich is led through the guide formed by plates 15 and 18 so that thestrip which is farther up is checked by stops 1'? will curve slightly asthe gripping tongs go upward. During this upward movement the pins kwill press Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 19, 1911.

Patented July 1, 1913.

Serial No. 666,855.

on the sides of the arms of the tongs and cause the same to closethereby gripping the strip. The tongs will remain closed during thegradual downward movement of the strip, because its arms 9 it will ,haveinterlocked each other by means of spring hooks m, n. When the strip hasreached the position in which it is to be torn off, the pin 3 will presson the finger m on the hook m, when both hooks m, n will disengage andthe tongs will spring open, so that further upward movement of the tongswill not alfect the strip, the latter remaining in position forengagement by the plunger 23. After this the plunger 23 engages thestrip back of its perforations, the stamp 20 will press against thestamp 21, while it swings upon the shaft 25*, then the stamp 21 with theaid of pushrod 11 will be pushed onward, will press the stamp 21 andwill tear the strip off before the same can move on.

0 is a recess for the tongs in the drum 11, and the guide 15 is bent sothat they will permit the strip to bend.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim is:

In a device of the kind described, a guide, a pair of tongs having aprojecting portion slidable on said guide, means to reciprocate ALFREDTHUN. [1,. s.] HERMANN THUN. [Ins-1 Witnesses:

HELEN NUFER, A. NUFER.

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